Monday, July 1, 2013

CONSIGLIO'S ADDS SUMMER THEATER TO ITS DELICIOUS MENU

FUN FROM PREVIOUS SHOW "MOLTO BUFFO" AT CONSIGLIO'S

Consiglio's
Restaurant, located at 165 Wooster Street in New Haven, on one of the
city's quaintest boulevards, has provided fine Italian dining for more
than seven decades. As a family business, it is a legend. This summer
again it is sending out tasty tendrils, combining delicious food with
hilarious entertainment.

Mark your calendars immediately for the
first offering on Friday, July 12 at 6 p.m. for ''What's Amore?," an
evening about LOVE in all its aspects, in story, songs and memories. At
7 p.m. emcee Michael Sayers promises an interactive variety show with
lots of laughs, games, contests and, of course, audience participation,
No shrinking violets allowed. Only hearty sunflowers need apply.

A
whole evening focused on love will take you along on a "fairy tale
relationship to help a poor, unfortunate lady select her mate." Couples
will be encouraged to play a Newlywed-type game "So You Think You Know
Somebody?" as well as enter "Now That's Love Contest," a duet singing
contest in the style of Captain and Tennille, with the tune "Love Will
Keep Us Together." Wonderful and familiar Broadway and pop songs will
be included, topped off with a special guest appearance by celebrity
Joel Vig, star of "Hairspray" on Broadway and a fabulous writer who has
composed a one woman show for Tammy Grimes as well as his own material
as Sinthea Starr. Joel will perform a new verbal monologue in a
wonderfully witty way all about love.

This variety show combined
with dinner will offer appetizers such as eggplant Napoleon, layered
with spinach, mushrooms, roasted red peppers and mascarpone, drizzled
with balsamic glaze or a fresh crisp Caesar salad with homemade croutons
and parmesan cheese. For the main course, of which there are eight
choices, you might select parmesan panko crusted Tilapia, topped with
artichoke hearts and capers in a lemon garlic wine sauce or chicken
Amalfi, a boneless chicken breast sauteed with sundried tomatoes and
artichoke hearts, in a balsamic reduction sauce over linguine. For
dessert, select a sweetness between chocolate mousse cake or Godiva
Tiramisu.

For reservations ($55), not including tax, tip or
beverages, call 203-865-4489. There are still a few openings for
Consiglio's wildly successful four course cooking demonstrations ($65)
on Friday, July 19 when homemade porcini mushroom ravioli will be
prepared, topped with grilled chicken. Watch the preparations and then
dine on the delicious finished products. Dates in August are Thursdays,
August 8 and 15. Go to www.consiglios.com for more information.

Future
evenings will provide mysteries to solve so get your Sherlock Holmes
hat and magnifying glass ready for "The Butler Did It" on Friday, July
26. The trick here is that in addition to the butler named Jeeves,
everyone gathered at the reading of the will is named Butler. So which
one did it?The next mystery night will be "Now You Dunnit" on Friday, August 23.

In
the middle will be another evening of song and story on Saturday,
August 10, "Solo Duo Duet," with James Noble of "Benson" television fame
doing a humorous staged reading of "The Candidate," about a politician
who has to apologize to his constituents for a sexual indiscretion. The
evening will also include games like "The Addams Family" and "TV Music
Trivia" as well as a Scavenger Hunt that pits one half of the audience
against the other.

Michael Sayers has written more than sixty
murder mysteries, as recently as one this morning, over the last two
decades. "I can blink and come up with a mystery, " he boasts, "and I
use the best improv artists in the state." All year long he takes his
troupe to colleges, universities and corporations from Maine to Maryland
and as far west as Ohio. For the last fifteen years, he has been a
fixture at New Jersey's Monmouth University where he continually sells
out. "We work harder and have more fun. We enjoy it as much as the
audience does. Our plot is paper thin, as long as we have a reason to
gather, a birth, wedding, birthday, Irish wake, anniversary, reading of
the will. It's like a game of 'Clue" and there are six possible endings
and the audience votes. The actors know who the victim is but they
have no idea who is the killer. It keeps everyone on their toes."

For
five years, Sayers performed on Camelot Cruises and would be happy to
find another ship to sail his mysteries on in the future. "Now You
Dunnit" on Friday, August 23 will be such an evening where the audience
provides suggestions as to motives, characters and victims. "For us,
it's pure comedy, " states Sayers, "and we giggle until we get there."

Spotlight
one or all of these special summer events and let Consiglio's
Restaurant and actor Michael Sayers entertain you with a yummy meal and a
delightful night of fun.